Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones

jmke · 20th August 2010, 16:55

Apple yesterday applied for patent to allow remotely disabling electronic devices when 'unauthorized usage' is detected. The patent application covers using the camera to take pictures of the unauthorized user and using GPS to determine location, and it involves ascertaining whether the phone has been hacked or jailbroken, using that as criteria for detecting 'suspicious behavior.' The patent would allow the carrier or any other 'authorized' party to disable or restrict the functionality of the device.

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/0...t+%28rdf%29%29

thorgal · 20th August 2010, 20:38

Did anyone bother to actually read what the patent is about. It has nothing to do with jail breaking but everything with theft. Big boo to slashdot for making this up.

jmke · 20th August 2010, 21:00

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No, they're trying to patent methods for determining when to disable something remotely. Jailbreaking was just one of the clues they would look at, along with other things that might indicate that the phone has been stolen... something the anonymous submitter either didn't understand, or chose to misrepresent.

it can be used , if ever the decide to implement it that way

20th August 2010, 16:55	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,010	Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones Apple yesterday applied for patent to allow remotely disabling electronic devices when 'unauthorized usage' is detected. The patent application covers using the camera to take pictures of the unauthorized user and using GPS to determine location, and it involves ascertaining whether the phone has been hacked or jailbroken, using that as criteria for detecting 'suspicious behavior.' The patent would allow the carrier or any other 'authorized' party to disable or restrict the functionality of the device. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/0...t+%28rdf%29%29 __________________

20th August 2010, 20:38	#2
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,887	Did anyone bother to actually read what the patent is about. It has nothing to do with jail breaking but everything with theft. Big boo to slashdot for making this up. __________________

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